Highway 12 night work scheduled in Delta

RIO VISTA — Work crews will have overnight, one-way traffic controls in place on Highway 12 in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta this week.

The paving work is to take place from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Potato Slough to the border of Sacramento and San Joaquin counties. Motorists should expect 20-minute delays, a state Department of Transportation press release said.

This project will construct a new roadway to replace the existing Highway 12 between the Potato Slough and the Mokelumne River bridges, the release said. The project will construct a concrete median barrier with 5-foot inside shoulders and 8-foot outside shoulders with rumble strips. Work is to be completed in 2017.

Though east of Solano County, local residents would take this route traveling through the Delta to Interstate 5.

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Barry Eberling

Barry Eberling has been a reporter with the Daily Republic since 1987. He covers Solano County government, transportation, growth and the environment. He received his bachelors of art degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and his masters degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.